JAMM Cigar
- Founded in
- 2020 — Alagoinhas (Bahia) ; J. A. M. Monteiro
- Factories
- Fabrique propre en bord de BR-110, Alagoinhas, avec la ferme FEANBE (2016) ; une centaine de personnes directes et indirectes (2022) ; 4 500 cigares par jour dont 2 500 en tripe longue (2024)
- Countries
- Brésil
JAMM Cigar was born of a cigar offered in a casino near Niagara Falls: José Antônio Martins Monteiro, a grower of oranges, lemons and tangerines in northern Bahia, met there Joaquim Alfredo Mesquita Moreira, who handed him his first fine cigar. The two friends' initials make the brand's name. He first rolled for himself and for gifts, he says, until the day his accountant showed him what it cost; he made a business of it. The FEANBE farm, bought in 2016 at Alagoinhas, 124 km from Salvador, carries the factory, on the BR-110, founded in 2020 according to the 2022 press and in commercial production since 2021.
The factory was enlarged three times in two years. About a hundred people live from it, directly or not, the press said in 2022; in 2024 it turned out 4,500 cigars a day, 2,500 of them long filler — the rest medium and short filler, which this atlas leaves. The blend marries the Recôncavo's Mata Fina with a Cuban-seed tobacco grown in Brazil; the long lines are called Super Premium, Robusto Premium, Petit Lonsdale, Churchill, Gordito.
It is Brazil's youngest house in this atlas, and already one of the four Apcab counts for the bulk of the country's artisanal segment; its founder sits on the 2026 designation-of-origin project. Alagoinhas is not the Recôncavo — it is further north, outside the Paraguaçu valley — and this atlas opens a zone for it.
Range Depth
JAMM Premium
The long-filler lines — Super Premium, Robusto Premium, Petit Lonsdale, Churchill, Gordito — on Mata Fina and Cuban seed grown in Brazil.
Source : maisriodejaneiro.com « JAMM Cigar: mistura brasileira para um charuto de excelência » (novembre 2022 : fondée deux ans et demi plus tôt ; ferme FEANBE achetée en 2016 à Alagoinhas ; fabrique en bord de BR-110, trois agrandissements ; une centaine de personnes directes et indirectes ; Mata Fina du Recôncavo et tabac de semence cubaine planté au Brésil ; les initiales des deux amis, José Antônio Martins Monteiro et Joaquim Alfredo Mesquita Moreira, rencontrés au Canada ; lignes tripe longue et tripe courte) ; ronaldojacobina.com.br (9 octobre 2024 : production commerciale depuis 2021 ; 4 500 cigares par jour, 2 500 en tripe longue ; Alagoinhas à 124 km de Salvador ; deux adresses de dégustation à Salvador ; le fondateur venait des agrumes) ; www.fortenoreconcavo.com.br (23 juillet 2026 : José Antônio Martins Monteiro, directeur, dans le projet de dénomination d'origine de l'Apcab) ; revistadeguste.com — sources en portugais